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Migration in the EU
As EU presidency looms, Fico goes anti-Muslim again
Prime minister's statements harm the image of the country but are unlikely to have a direct impact on turn as head of EU Council. Still, quotas for relocation of refugees will not feature high on the agenda.
Quote of the week
“I don’t want to have a few tens of thousands of Muslims in Slovakia gradually promoting their own agenda.”
PM Fico: Islam has no place in Slovakia
Prime Minister Robert Fico has returned to work – and also to pre-election rhetoric, forgetting in the process the country’s past and also its current interests, NGOs opine.
About twenty Assyrian Christians returned home from Slovakia
More than twenty of the persecuted Christians who fled to Slovakia from Iraq returned home.
Blog: Report from field - How we save lives in Syria
The difficulty of the operation of Magna's mobile units is in the territory of a sustained conflict very high. But it's the only way we can help and save lives here.
Slovakia disagrees with refugee compensations
But the mechanism is only part of the reforms to the EU asylum system, analysts say.
UNHCR: Shooting incident in Slovakia will be monitored
A full investigation is called for.
Interior Ministry: 150 people granted asylum this year
In 2016, a total of 21 people have applied for asylum; in the same period of time, 150 people's applications were granted while 15 were rejected. Slovakia also offered complementary protection to two people, while three were denied it.
Kaliňák defends shooting at people smugglers
The interior minister talks about ordinary police actions, while the president would need more information.
Shot migrant undergoes operation; condition stable
Customs officials stopped four cars carrying migrants that entered Slovakia from Hungary.
Slovakia will return 32 refugees to Hungary
Slovak police have detained 29 Afghans and three Pakistani citizens in Bratislava who were heading on the highway to Austria.
Slovakia opposes newest EC’s migration proposal
Coalition parties Smer, Slovak National party (SNS) and Most-Híd disagree with European Commission’s proposal aimed at mandatory compensation payments, or payments in lieu, for countries refusing to accommodate migrants.
Refugee: I decided to not make friends
The Iraqi refugee integration program in Slovakia has been more successful than in the Czech Republic.
Iraqi refugees told their story
The Pokoj a Dobro (Peace and Goodness) civic association organised a meeting of Slovaks and Iraqi refugees who arrived in the country last December.
Gov’t manifesto ignores foreigners, LGBTI community
Civil society groups criticise lack of specifics amid plans to address rights issues.
Albright: Europe now part of the solution
Highlights from Globsec 2016: Day 2
Iraqi children start visiting schools
Altogether 34 children will visit seven schools, four of them situated in Nitra.
Lajčák: Solving migration crisis is in brand new stage
Measures to halt migration flows approved by the European Union in mid-March have started working, said Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák following his visits to Greece and Turkey.
Human traffickers are not the reason for migration
Comparison of migration in the 19th century and today reveals surprising similarities
End of Schengen area would be expensive
If border checks are resumed, Slovakia could lose between €1.5-7 billion in the next 10 years.
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